Azorean architecture restaurant one of the most voted at the 2010 World Architecture Awards

Wednesday, 15 September 2010 00:00

Restaurant "Paladares da Quinta" in Lagoa, S. Miguel in the Azores has won high praise from two  separate architecture websites. Archdaily.com writes: The restaurant and bakery is located in a farm composed of different Azorean species of a certain age. Its main purpose was for the visitors to enjoy nature's changeable and irreverent environment during their stay. For this reason, the area¹s history and the existing species¹ location was respected and a building was drawn so that it coexists and dialogs with its surroundings, allowing for the present and human experience¹s concept and language evolution to be revealed. While www.worldarchitecture.org/ says:
The restaurant and bakery is located in a farm composed of different Azorean species of a certain age. Its main purpose was for the visitors to enjoy nature¹s changeable and irreverent environment during their stay. For this reason, the area¹s history and the existing species¹ location was respected and a building was drawn so that it coexists and dialogs with its surroundings, allowing for the present and human experience¹s concept and language evolution to be revealed. Based upon the environment and landscape components of the area, the construction seems simple yet aims to stress out a significant amount of elements that make up for its sustainability. The building is divided into two boxes: one for restaurant support and the other for food preparation and holds the dining room. Both volumes are connected by a cover piece, the result being an external area partially covered, bringing into life the volumetric unit between both boxes and allowing for light, water and nature to invade this space built in an abundant and permissive fashion.